Plane Forced to Make Emergency Landing After Live Mouse Found in Meal

A Scandinavian Airlines flight traveling from Oslo to Malaga made an emergency landing in Copenhagen on September 18 when a passenger found a live mouse in his meal. This unexpected incident forced the pilot to divert the plane due to safety worries about rodents harming electrical wires during flight. After the landing, the flight was thoroughly inspected to search for the mouse. Airlines usually have strict restrictions on rodents on board since they can chew through electrical wiring.

Oystein Schmidt, the spokesperson of the airlines said, “This is something that happens extremely rarely. We have established procedures for such situations, which also include a review with our suppliers to ensure this does not happen again.”

Jarle Borrestad, a passenger shared about their experience on Facebook, “Believe it or not. A lady next to me at SAS opened the food and jumped a mouse out. Now we have turned around and landed at CPH [Copenhagen Airport] for flight changes.”

He further talked about the precautions that had to be taken, pulling his socks over his pant legs to prevent the mouse from crawling up. He also said that despite this shocking incident, passengers remained calm, and showed no signs of stress. After a brief delay in Copenhagen, the passengers continued their flight to Malaga on a replacement aircraft.

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